So I’m still quite new to mead making having only started 4 other 1-2gal batches over about the last 6 weeks. Last night I started a 3 gal batch that I plan to split into 3 1gal batches, each with a different fruit added in secondary. Except for the one cyser, I used an OG calculator in a brewing app I downloaded on my phone. Each of them had an OG very close to what the calc said it should be, off by no more than .006. Last night’s batch was 3gals with 12lbs of honey. Calc says OG should be 1.146. This is my first batch since finding the calc on this site, and it basically agrees with a predicted 1.144. When I took a reading last night, it was a whopping 1.162! I had to guesstimate that 2 as my hydrometer markings stop at 1.16. How is it so much higher?